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Ahtisa Manalo reminds people ‘to be kind’ when making comments

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Peter Andrew Acierto

Push Team

<p>Miss Universe Philippines 2025 Ahtisa Manalo gave a gentle reminder to pageant fans when making comments about the candidates they support. The beauty queen gave this piece of advice in a 29-second video shared by news reporter MJ Marfori on her TikTok account earlier this week.</p><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-11" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DJRMoSiSGPK/embed/captioned/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=630&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A11%2C%22os%22%3A14883175.800000072%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="1095" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-11" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><p>There have been several comments made on social media about Ahtisa’s performance in the recently concluded Miss Universe Philippines competition. While some had mixed reactions, most of the netizens were impressed with her stint and felt it right that she won the highly coveted crown. </p><div><br/></div><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/celebrities/2025/5/5/ariella-arida-congratulates-ahtisa-manalo-s-win-in-miss-universe-ph-she-never-gave-up-0948" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>READ: Ariella Arida congratulates Ahtisa Manalo’s win in Miss Universe PH: ‘She never gave up!’</strong></a></div><div><br/></div><p>The Philippines’ representative to the Miss Universe competition this year shared that she is already used to those comments as she is a public figure. </p><div><br/></div><p>“You’re a public figure, you always get unsolicited advice or opinion and I’m used to it… It’s nothing new,” she shared.</p><div><br/></div><p>Ahtisa added that despite this, she hopes that people would remain kind to the comments they put out no matter who they support in the pageantry. </p><div><br/></div><p>“I just hope that when people give these pieces of advice, that they remember to be kind,” she added.</p><div><br/></div><p>She admitted that while she doesn’t read comments, she still is like any other person with emotions. </p><div><br/></div><p>“At the end of the day, even if we don’t read most of it–– I don’t read it naman kahit anong sabihin niyo I don’t read your comments. But sometimes when something gets true, let’s remember that we’re still people [and] we still feel things,” she ended.</p><div><br/></div><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/celebrities/2025/5/3/catriona-gray-shares-advice-for-new-miss-universe-philippines-1300" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>READ: Catriona Gray shares advice for new Miss Universe Philippines</strong></a></div><div><br/></div><p>Fans of Ahtisa praised her in the comment section for being eloquent and maintaining her position. Other netizens expressed how excited they are for the Miss Universe Philippines 2025 winner to represent the country later this year. </p><div><br/></div><p>In an interview earlier this week, the beauty queen hopes to bring home the country’s fifth crown. The Miss Universe crown has been won by Catriona Gray, Pia Wurtzbach-Jauncey, Margie Moran, and Gloria Diaz.</p><div><br/></div><p>“I want to bring the fifth crown to the Philippines. Five is my lucky number — my birth month is May, there were five signs before I joined, and [five seats left] on my flight to Laoag for contract signing. I believe in that,” she earlier stated. </p>

<p>Ahtisa Manalo requests people commenting to be kind with their choice of words.</p>